Expanding DETs Paraguay's national Senate approved legislation imposing a 10 percent export tax on unprocessed soybeans as well as on wheat and corn. The measure is aimed at encouraging the processing of soybeans within the country rather than exporting them as whole soybeans. It also would encourage the export of wheat flour rather than wheat and the export of grain-fed cattle, pigs, and chickens rather than corn. The big proponents of the tax are Paraguay's soybean processors who this year have faced aggressive competition from processors in Argentina.After Argentina suffered a major drought in 2012 that reduced its soybean supply, the government allowed its processors to import soybeans from Paraguay duty-free. This allowed the Argent...
Key Takeaways: Brazil confirmed a Newcastle disease outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Santa Catarina on 18 October, raising concerns about potential disruptions to poultry exports despite the outbreak being confined to a single facility thus far. Mexico and Malaysia have imposed nationwi...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
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Weighing in on strategic realignment
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